[Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Now comes an otherwise well-informed source calling propeller-driven
fighter planes "jets":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXaHZ8LwEo

Start at 10:50.

The planes so described are the Japanese A6M0 Zero and the N1K-J Shiden.

At first I included photos, but the List rejected them.

JL

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